FDA Panel Has Decided:Don't Use Cold Meds in Children Under 6!

Federal health advisers decided that cold and cough medicines don't work in kids and it was recommended that they not be used in children under 6.

In two separate votes, the panelists said the medicines shouldn't’t be used in children younger than 2 or in those younger than 6. A third vote, to recommend against use in children 6 to 11, failed. For more on this click here.

VOLUNTARY WITHDRAWAL OF INFANT COLD & COUGH MEDICINES

Today, drug makers announced a withdrawal of oral infant cold and cough medications following reports of several overdoses since 1969. The recall affects medicines intended for children under the age of 2. The following are being withdrawn:
Dimetapp(R) Decongestant Plus Cough Infant Drops
Dimetapp(R) Decongestant Infant Drops
Little Colds(R) Decongestant Plus Cough
Little Colds(R) Multi-Symptom Cold Formula
PEDIACARE(R) Infant Drops Decongestant (containing pseudoephedrine)
PEDIACARE(R) Infant Drops Decongestant & Cough (containing pseudoephedrine)
PEDIACARE(R) Infant Dropper Decongestant (containing phenylephrine)
PEDIACARE(R) Infant Dropper Long-Acting Cough
PEDIACARE(R) Infant Dropper Decongestant & Cough (containing phenylephrine)
Robitussin(R) Infant Cough DM Drops
Triaminic(R) Infant & Toddler Thin Strips(R) Decongestant
Triaminic(R) Infant & Toddler Thin Strips(R) Decongestant Plus Cough
TYLENOL(R) Concentrated Infants' Drops Plus Cold
TYLENOL(R) Concentrated Infants' Drops Plus Cold & Cough.

For more information, follow this link, http://health.msn.com/pregnancykids/kidshealth/articlepage.aspx?cp-documentid=100171778&GT1=10514